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    "ocrText": "Ronald Reagan Presidential Library\nDigital Library Collections\nThis is a PDF of a folder from our textual\ncollections.\nCollection: Reagan, Ronald: Gubernatorial Papers,\n1966-74: Press Unit\nFolder Title: Press Releases - October 1968\nBox: P9\nTo see more digitized collections visit:\nhttps://reaganlibrary.gov/archives/digital-library\nTo see all Ronald Reagan Presidential Library inventories visit:\nhttps://reaganlibrary.gov/document-collection\nContact a reference archivist at: [email protected]\nCitation Guidelines: https://reaganlibrary.gov/citing\nNational Archives Catalogue: https://catalog.archives.gov/\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n10.2.68\n# 610\nGOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE\nOctober 2, 1968\nthrough\nOctober 5, 1968\nWednesday, October 2\n5:00 pm\nDepart Sacramento Municipal Airport for\nEureka (Arcata Airport)\n6:00 pm\nArrive Arcata Airport\n6:30 pm\nIngemar Club, 2nd & M Streets, fund raising\nreception for Republican candidates\n8:00 pm\nFund raising dinner, Eureka Inn, (speech\ncovered live on television)\nOvernight-Eureka Inn\nThursday, October 3\n9:15 am\nDepart Eureka (Arcata Field) for Lakeport\n10:00 am\nArrive Lakeport\n1:30 pm\nArrive Lake County Fairgrounds for fund\nraising BBQ\n3:45 pm\nDepart Lakeport for Chico Municipal Airport\n4:30 pm\nArrive Chico Airport. (Remarks)\n5:05 pm\nColor taping of news conference (Channel 12)\nwith Assemblyman Ray Johnson, Republican\nCongressional candidate Oz Dunaway, and\nAssembly candidate Stan Young\n5:30 pm\nArrive GOP Headquarters, 237 Broadway, Chico,\nfor precinct workers and volunteers meeting\n7:30 pm\nFund raising dinner and reception, Elks\nClub, 330 Wall Street. (Speech)\n9:00 pm\nDepart for Chico Municipal Airport for\nSacramento Municipal Airport\nOvernight-Sacramento\nFriday, October 4\n9:45 am\nDepart Sacramento Municipal Airport for\nFresno Municipal Airport\n10:45 am\nArrive Fresno Municipal Airport, press\navailability\n11:00 am\nProceed to tour of Fresno Fairgrounds with\nSenator Hugh Burns, Assemblyman Ernie Mobley\nand John Grady, fair director\n12:15 pm\nFund raising luncheon for Assemblyman\nErnie Mobley, Elks Lodge, 5240 East Kings\nCanyon Road, (Speech)\n1:45 pm\nDepart for Fresno Municipal Airport\n2:00 pm\nDepart for Bakersfield\n-1-\n#610\n2:45 pm\nArrive Bakersfield. Press availability\nat room in airport\n7:00 pm\nReception for Assemblyman Kent Stacy at\nhome of Reynold Mettler, 2727 22nd Street,\nWest Bakersfield\n7:30 pm\nDepart for Albert Good Auditorium for\nfund raising dinner\n9:30 pm\nDepart for Bakersfield Airport for Santa\nMonica\n10:15 pm\nArrive Santa Monica Airport\nOvernight-Los Angeles\nSaturday, October 5\n2:00 pm\n\"Newsmakers\" - KNXT Studios\n7:00 pm\nArrive Santa Fe Inn, 10478 Valley Boulevard,\nEl Monte--press availability with Assembly\ncandidate Gordon Browning\n7:30 pm\nFund raising dinner for GOP candidates\nOvernight-Los Angeles\n#\n#\n#\n-2-\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n10.2.68\nFor your information, Governor Reagan's departure from Sacramento\nMunicipal Airport today is now expected to be at approximately 4:30 pm\ninstead of 5:00 pm.\n#\n#\n#\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE:\nimmediate\nSac mento, Califoi a\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n10.2.68\n#611\nGovernor Ronald Reagan announced today he has signed legislation\nL.\n(AB-9, /Greene) which will insure that California's educationally\nhandicapped children continue to \"receive the kind of specialized\ntraining they need and deserve.\"\nHe said the measure will allocate funds already on hand to the\nstatewide program on an accelerated basis. The funds can now be\npumped into the program four months earlier than was originally planned\nto meet deficiencies which might otherwise have occurred, he said.\nThe governor said his action \"will provide local school boards\nthe full amount of funds necessary to hire teachers to continue\nclasses for these unfortunate children so that they will receive the\nbest education possible.\"\nHe noted that he gave assurances several weeks ago that he would\ntake whatever action was necessary to fully finance the requirements\nof the educationally handicapped children's program.\nHowever, he pointed out that AB-9 was not, in itself, needed to\nmeet this commitment since it could have been, and was being done\nthrough administrative action. Nonetheless, he said he signed the\nbill \"to dramatize the concern I share with parents of our educationally\nhandicapped children that these youngsters receive the kind of special-\nized training they need and deserve.\"\nGovernor Reagan contrasted the forthright manner in which AB-9\nwas written with the \"hastily contrived\" authorship of an omnibus\neducation bill (AB-8, L. Greene) sent to him by the legislature during\nthe recent Special Session.\nHe said he will not sign AB-8 which was \"passed under the guise\nof property tax relief\" because the multi-million dollar spending\nmeasure \"would, in fact, add to the already top-heavy tax burden borne\nby the people of California.\"\nHe called AB-8 \"very poor legislation, not only because it pur-\nports falsely to ease taxes, but also because it artificially triple-\njoints three separate education programs into a single, massive spending\nmeasure.\" The bill would boost state spending during fiscal 1968-69\nalone by a total of $22 million, and would multiply this expenditure\nmany times over during the years to come.\n-1-\n#611\nThe governor said the three individual programs which were tied\ntogether in the omnibus measure--the Miller-Unruh reading program, kin-\ndergarten classes, and the state's mentally gifted program-- \"bear no\nmeaningful, direct relationship to each other and were triple-jointed\nin this manner to preclude consideration of each program on its own,\nindividual merits.\n\"Certainly, there is no question in my mind that the mentally\ngifted program deserves continued support. Nor is there any doubt that\nwe should pursue additional improvements in our kindergarten and\nremedial reading programs.\n\"It is tragic, therefore, for the people of California that this\nmeasure was thrown together in such 'all-or-nothing' fashion at the\nvery last minute when, in fact, the legislature had a full eight months\nto work out legislation within a responsible fiscal framework which\nwould truly meet individual problems of educational financing.\"\nThe governor pointed out that \"reform of the state's overall\nschool financing structure is essential if we are to look forward to\nthe long-range, orderly development and improvement of our public\nschool system in California.\n\"This bill runs directly counter to the achievement of such aims\nby merely adding another awkward layer to the already confusing patterns\nof educational financing and fails completely to meet the problems it\npurports to solve, 11 he said.\nGovernor Reagan said the administration \"intends to take the\ninitiative during the next regular session of the legislature to\nrecommend specific ways of meeting the challenge of school financing\nin order that the taxpayers of California will get the greatest benefit\nfrom their tax dollars.\"\n-2-\n1611\nWith respect to AB 8, the governor said he placed the subject of\nproperty tax relief on special call to \"reduce taxes--not to increase\ngovernment spending.\n\"Under no circumstances can this bill be construed as providing\nproperty tax relief.\n\"On the contrary, the many millions of dollars this bill would\nspend would come directly out of the taxpayer's pocket,\" he said.\n\"At a time when many Californians have been asked to pay the\nfirst installment of their 1968 state income tax bill, this is hardly\nan occasion to request that they assume the added cost of expensive new\nspending measures,\" he added.\nThe governor also pointed out that \"because the measure was passed\nunder the guise of property tax relief, it clearly constituted a breach\nof the agreement he had with the legislative leadership for enactment\nof such legislation.\n\"The bill, therefore, violates the spirit of the special call,\"\nhe said.\nGovernor Reagan noted that the property tax relief legislation\nhe did place on the call was subsequently passed by the legislature.\nIt was signed by the governor September 23. If it is approved by the\nvoters in November, the measure will reduce property taxes this year by\nsome $261 million for homeowners, renters, senior citizens and\nbusinessmen.\nAB 8 would raise to some $30 million the overall state appropria-\ntion for the Miller-Unruh reading program in 1968-69---$14 million more\nthan the amount appropriated in the current state budget which was\npassed by the legislature and signed by the governor June 29.\nGovernor Reagan said the additional $14 million appropriation is\n\"another undesirable example of open-ended financing. If approved,\nit would not only set an undesirable precedent for the future, but\nwould also be inconsistent with legislation (SB 609-Miller, Chapter 995)\nwhich established a priority system for funding Miller-Unruh applica-\ntions from school districts should program deficits occur.\"\nHe noted that last year's state expenditure for the Miller-Unruh\nreading program was $7.6 million and that this figure was more than\ndoubled--to $16 million--in the current state budget. Governor Reagan\nalso pointed out that the State Department of Education advised school\ndistricts in advance that this year's $16 million would be allocated\non a priority basis.\n-3-\n#611\nLegislative Analyst A. Alan Post reported September 19 that the\nfull $14 million Miller-Unruh appropriation probably could not be used\nin the current year \"since school classes have already begun and it\nwould be most difficult to secure competent teachers to establish all\nprograms for which applications have been submitted.\"\nIn reference to the section of AB 8 dealing with kindergarten\nprograms, the governor said the measure would provide additional\nfinancial inducements to school districts for creating single day-long\nkindergarten classes, rather than double sessions. He warned that this\ncould create enormous pressures to build many additional classrooms,\nsince a day-long class would occupy the same classroom previously used\nby two half-day classes.\n\"Construction costs for the additional classrooms would be pro-\nhibitive in many cases,\" he said.\n\"Certainly, the brunt of the burden for paying the cost of such\nconstruction would have to fall directly on the taxpayer,\" he added.\nThe governor also pointed out that the additional allowance which\nthe state would be required to provide for the AB 8 kindergarten could\ncost the taxpayers an estimated $25 million in the third year of\noperation.\n\"I have consistently supported improvement of our kindergarten\nprograms and I will continue to do so,\" he added. \"However, I believe\nthere are many improvements yet to be made within the existing frame-\nwork of such programs. Finishing this task should be our first\npriority, after which new improvements can be instituted on a sound,\norderly basis.\"\nFor example, he noted that a number of school districts in\nCalifornia are still operating minimum length (2½-hour) kindergarten\nclasses, rather than the 3-hour classes for which the state already\nprovides additional allowances. \"We should first concentrate on\nbringing the program up to the 3-hour standard, before taking the step\ntoward full-day sessions,\" he said.\nThe governor said that the legislation was so loosely written\nthat a school district could merely add another 20 minutes to each\nthree-hour, half-day session and thereby obtain $2600 per class extra\neven though the same district would not actually incur any additional\ncost for the 20-minute extension, and, even assuming such a short period\nwould have some small educational benefit.\n\"In such a case, the additional funds would not amount to an\nincentive for program improvement, but would merely represent an\nadditional source of state funds totally unrelated to the bill's\npurported objectives,\" he said.\n# # #\n-4-\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVE\nOR\nMEMO TC HE PRESS\nSacramento, Calif\ne)\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n10.4.68\n#613\nGOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE\nOctober 7, 1968\nthrough\nOctober , 1968\nMonday, October 7\n8:00 p.n\nDinner for Hank Arklin at Knollwood Country\nClub, 12024 Balboa Boulevard, Granada Hills.\nSpeech.\nOvernight-Los Angeles\nTuesday, October 8\n1:15 pm\nDedication ceremonies for Centinela Valley\nCommunity Hospital, 935 South Flower Street,\nInglewood. Remarks by RR.\n2:45 pm\nDepart hospital for Airesearch Terminal,\nLA International Airport.\n3:15 pm\nDepart Airesearch for Imperial County\nAirport.\n3:45 pm\nArrive Imperial County Airport--press\navailability. (NOTE: Miss Nancy Dickerson\n(age 20) has been named one of four Diamond\nStar Winners from 4-H Clubs in California.\nThe Diamond Star is the highest 4-H award.\nMiss Dickerson will travel to Washington, D.C.\nin January to receive her award from the\npresident. Miss Dickerson will present\nto RR a \"batch\" of steaks which will be\nfrozen and flown to the executive residence.\nAdolph Von Merron of the University of Cali-\nfornia Extension is making the arrangements\nfor the steaks.)\n6:00 pm\nFundraising reception at Airporter Inn\nsponsored by county Republican Central\nCommittee.\n6:45 pm\nImperial Valley Country Club for buffet\nluau, sponsored by county RCC.\n7:00 pm\nImperial County fund-raising dinner at\nCountry Club, sponsored by county RCC.\nSpeech.\n8:45 pm\nDepart Imperial County Airport for San Diego\nAirport (Lindbergh Field).\nOvernight-San Diego\nWednesday, October 9\n8:45 am\nJoint meeting of State Bar and Conference\nof Judges at Hilton Inn. Remarks.\n11:00 am\nDepart San Diego for Houston\n(PDT)\n3:45 pm\nArrive Houston\n(CDT)\n-1-\n#613\n7:30 pm\nFund-raising dinner for Nixon, Agnew and\nPaul Eggers, Texas candidate for governor,\nat Rice Hotel.\nOvernight-Houston\nThursday, October 10\n10:00 am\nDepart Houston for Asheville North Carolina\n(CDT)\n12:45 pm\nArrive Asheville for Jim Gardner-for-Gover-\n(EDT)\nnor fund-raising luncheon, Grove Park Inn.\n2:00 pm\nDepart Asheville Airport for Charlotte\n2:30 pm\nArrive Charlotte\n5:00 pm\nFund-raising reception for Gardner at Red\nCarpet Inn.\n6:00 pm\nGardner fund-raising reception at Gaston\nCountry Club, Gastonia.\n6:30 pm\nGardner fund-raising dinner (Country Club)\n8:30 pm\nDepart Charlotte for Chattanooga, Tennessee\n(EDT)\n9:00 pm\nArrive Chattanooga for fund-raising recep-\n(EDT)\ntion and dinner for Nixon and Congressman\nBill Brock. Speech.\nOvernight-Chattanooga\nFriday, October 11\n1:00 pm\nDepart Chattanooga, Tennessee for Jackson,\n(EDT)\nTennessee.\n3:00 pm\nArrive Jackson for Nixon-John Williams-for-\n(CDT)\nCongress rally, Jackson Coliseum.\n4:30 pm\nDepart Jackson for Springfield, Missouri.\n(CDT)\n5:30 pm\nArrive Springfield.\n(CDT)\n7:30 pm\nFund-raising reception at Colinial Hotel\nfor Congressman Tom Curtis, Republican\ncandidate for Senate.\n8:00 pm\nNixon and Curtis-for-Senate rally at Mula\nShrine Auditorium.\n9:15 pm\nDepart Springfield for Oklahoma City\n(CDT)\n9:45 pm\nArrive Oklahoma City\nOvernight-Oklahoma City\nSaturday, October 12\n11:30 am\nRally for Senatorial candidate Henry Bellmon\nand Congressman Jim Smith at Midwest City,\nnear Oklahoma City.\n-2-\n#613\n12:30 pm\nDepart Oklahoma City Airport for Wichita,\n(CDT)\nKansas.\n1:00 pm\nArrive Wichita for fund-raising luncheon\n(CDT)\nfor Senatorial candidate Bob Dole and\ngubernatorial candidate Rick Harman at\nBroadview Hotel.\n3:00 pm\nDepart Wichita for Seattle, Washington.\n(CDT)\n4:00 pm\nArrive Seattle\n(PDT)\n9:00 pm\nCongressional Medal of Honor speech at\nSeattle Center Arena. (Annual dinner which\nhonors living Medal of Honor winners)\n10:30 pm\nDepart Seattle for Los Angeles\n12:30 pm\nArrive Los Angeles\na.m.\nOvernight-Los Angeles\n# # #\n-3-\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n10.7.68\n#614\nWilliam P. Clark, Jr., executive secretary to Governor Ronald\nReagan, today announced a partial reorganization of the Governor's\nOffice.\nHe said a Program Development Section has been created to further\nplan and coordinate the major \"creative society\" programs of the\nReagan administration. It will be headed by Rus Walton, 47, of\nLos Altos Hills.\nThe new section will also include the functions of research,\nspecial reports and publications, and speakers' bureau activities.\nIt will bring together in one section several units which previously\nexisted separately in the Governor's Office.\nThe Program Development Section will be separate from the Press\nSection which will continue in its basic communications role with the\nnews media.\nThe Press Section formerly was a part of the Communications\nSection headed by Lyn Nofziger and included the governor's Schedule\nand Travel units.\nPaul Beck will continue to head the Press Section as press\nsecretary. Ed Gray, previously assistant press secretary, was elevated\nto associate press secretary. Mrs. Nancy Clark Reynolds will continue\nas assistant press secretary.\nMiss Patricia Gayman, schedule secretary to the governor, will\nreport to the executive secretary.\nArthur Van Court, travel secretary, becomes a member of the Legal\nAffairs Section headed by Edwin Meese, III.\nNamed as assistant secretary for Program Development under Walton\nis Thomas C. Ellick, formerly special assistant to the cabinet.\nO. James Gibson, previously research and planning secretary, was\nappointed special assistant for research.\nIn keeping with the philosophy of the Reagan administration, the\nfunction of the Program Development Section will provide close\ncooperation with the private and independent sectors in a creative\npartnership approach to state problems.\nWalton joined the administration in February, 1967, as deputy\ndirector of the Department of Motor Vehicles and special assistant to\nthe governor.\n-1-\n#614\nSince early this year he has headed a team which assisted the\ngovernor in the production of a series of \"creative studies\". These\npapers, three of which have already been issued, are intended to out-\nline the Reagan administration's position on major issues such as\nhuman relations, law and order, education, etc.\nPrior to joining the administration, Walton headed his own public\nrelations organization. He was a founder and the first executive\ndirector of the United Republicans of California (UROC). In addition\nto a career as a corporate public relations manager, he was for 10\nyears public affairs director for the National Association of\nManufacturers in the 13 western states.\nWalton and his three children maintain their home in Los Altos\nHills (25351 Fremont Road).\n#\n#\n#\n-2-\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVER R\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-457.\n10.8.68\nC-O-R-R-E-C-T-I-O-N\nThe Governor's speech before a joint meeting of the\nState Bar and Conference of Judges on Wednesday,\nOctober 9 is for P.M.'s release.\nPARDON:\n# # #\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, Californi\nContact:\nPaul Bec..\n445-4571\n10.10.68\n#615\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named Paula Adams Tennant, a Susan-\nville attorney, to the California Youth Authority Board,\nThe appointment pays $20,500 annually and requires Senate\nconfirmation.\nMrs. Tennant will fill the unexpired term of Mrs. Lee Stubbs Penland\nof Redwood City who resigned. The term will end March 15, 1969.\nMrs. Tennant, a Republican, is a graduate of the University of\nWisconsin and the Lincoln Law School in San Francisco.\nShe is a member of the Ethics Committee of the State Bar of\nCalifornia and also has served as president of the Lassen County Bar\nAssociation.\nShe is also a former district attorney of Lassen County and\nserved on the Citizen Committee for Lassen County Junior College.\nMrs. Tennant is now in private law practice.\nShe lives at 612 Willow Street, Susanville.\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Inmediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n10.10.68\n#616\nIrving Teichner, vice-president of the Board of Traffic Com-\nmissioners for the City of Los Angeles, has been appointed by Governor\nRonald Reagan as a member of the Governor's Traffic Safety Committee.\nTeichner, 56, is president of a food products company in Los\nAngeles. He has served for ten years as a member, and five terms as\npresident, of the Los Angeles City Traffic Commission. He was\ndesignated \"man-of-the-year\" in 1964 by the Hollywood B'nai B'rith\nLodge. He also has been cited for his participation in civic activities\nby Mayor Samuel Yorty, the Los Angeles City Council and the Board of\nSupervisors of Los Angeles County.\nTeichner lives at 10450 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles.\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nSacramento, Californi\nContact:\nPaul Bec..\n445-4571\n10.11.68\n#617\nGOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE\nOctober 11, 1968\nthrough\nOctober 20, 1968\nMonday, October 14\n11:25 am\nLeague of California Cities Speech, Chandler\nPavilion, Los Angeles Music Center\n2:30 pm\nCeremony for construction of Service Center,\n108th Street and Central Avenue, Los Angeles\n5:30 pm\nReception for Assemblyman Bill Campbell at\nCalifornia Country Club, 1509 South Workman\nMill Road, City of Industry\n7:30 pm\nRally for Campbell at Mapleleaf Park, La\nPuente\n(Overnight - Los Angeles)\nTuesday, October 15\nNoon\nLuncheon for Congressional candidate\nBill Teague against Richard Hanna and\nAssembly candidate Bruce Nestande against\nKen Cory at Grand Hotel, 7 Freedom Way,\nAnaheim\n2:00 pm\nPrecinct workers' rally at Garden Grove Park.\n3:45 pm\nDedication ceremonies for Saddleback Junior\nCollege\n7:20 pm\nReception and dinner for Assemblyman\nFloyd Wakefield at Los Coyotes Country Club,\n8888 Los Coyotes Drive, Buena Park\n(Overnight - Los Angeles)\nWednesday, October 16\n11:00 am\nDepart Santa Monica Airport for San Diego\n11:30 am\nArrive San Diego Airport\nNoon\nCalifornia Highway Patrol Luncheon at Bahia\nHotel. Speech.\n5:30 pm\nReception for Assemblyman Pete Wilson at Le\nBaron Hotel, Mission Valley.\n6:15 pm\nFund-raising reception for Assembly candidate\nTom Hom at residence of Dr. Leonard Bloom,\n4605 Yerba Santa Drive, San Diego.\nfrom\n8:00 pm\nDepart/San Diego Airport for Santa Monica\nAirport\n(Overnight - Los Angeles)\nThursday, October 17\n7:00 pm\n50th Anniversary Award Banquet of California\nManufacturers' Association, Beverly-Hilton\nHotel. Speech.\n(Overnight - Los Angeles)\n-1-\n#617\nFriday, October 18\n8:00 an\nDepart Santa Monica Airport for Watsonville\nAirport\n9:00 am\nArrive Watsonville - proceed to University\nof California at Santa Cruz for Regents'\nMeeting\n9:30 am\nRegents Meeting - Dining Hall of Dining\nCommon, Crown College\npm\nDepart for Los Angeles\n7:30 pm\nFund-raising reception-dinner for Assembly\ncandidate Norma Yocum at Huntington-Sheraton\nHotel, Oak Knoll Avenue, Pasadena\n(Overnight - Los Angeles)\nSATURDAY, OCTOBER 19 - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20\nNo appointments scheduled\n(Overnight - Los Angeles)\n# # #\n-2-\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n10.11.68\n#618\nGovernor Ronald Reagan has proclaimed the week of October 13,\n1968, as B'NAI B'RITH WEEK.\nText of the proclamation follows:\n\"WHEREAS, B'nai B'rith is the oldest service organization founded\nin America, having been organized in New York City on October 13,\n1843; and\n\"WHEREAS, B'nai B'rith has been a conscientious, vital and con-\ncerned force in our communities and has enthusiastically devoted the\nenergies of its 600,000 members worldwide to community service and\nhumanitarian goals; and\n\"WHEREAS, B'nai B'rith has offered much-needed support to America's\nphilanthropies in pursuit of its motto of 'Benevolence, Brotherly\nLove and Harmony;' and\n\"WHEREAS, B'nai B'rith has been involved in the building of\ncharacter among young people through vast, comprehensive programs of\nsocial, cultural, interfaith, community service and athletic activities\nthrough its B'nai B'rith Youth Organization; and\n\"WHEREAS, B'nai B'rith has helped reawaken the spirit of religious\ninterest and commitment in college-age men and women through its\nHillel Program;\n\"NOW THEREFORE I, RONALD REAGAN, GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA, do\nhereby proclaim the week of October 13, 1968, as B'NAI B'RITH WEEK,\nand urge that Californians join with the millions of American citizens\nin congratulating The Sons Of The Covenant of B'nai B'rith on its\n125th anniversary of service to the community.\"\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n10.15.68\n# 619\nGovernor Ronald Reagan and California PTA President Mrs. Robley\nBerry of Berkeley today urged the swift formation of drug abuse com-\ncombat\nmittees by parent-teacher groups around the state to help the\n\"cancerous spread\" of drugs \"in our schools and among our children.\"\nThe appeal was contained in a letter which was signed jointly by\nthe governor and Mrs. Robley and sent to the presidents of parent-\nteacher groups representing some 2,000 junior high and high schools in\nCalifornia.\nThe proposal to form drug abuse committees at the school level was\nmade in Governor Reagan's Creative Paper on Law Enforcement issued last\nMay. He called for utilization of total community resources to cope\nwith the growing narcotics problem.\nThe letter notes that the proposal carries the endorsement of\nCalifornia Medical Association and the California Peace Officers\nAssociation. County medical societies, peace officer groups and\nschool superintendents in California also have pledged their assistance\nto the program.\nWhile the organizational structure of each drug abuse committee\nshould be based on local considerations, the letter suggests that\nmembership include concerned parents, teachers, students, school\nadministrators, medical people, peace officers and community leaders.\n\"The goal is to discuss the problem on a local basis, to present\nyoungsters with relevant medical facts that will give them the know-\nledge they 'll need to turn away from drugs and drug peddlers, and to\ndevelop solutions which will work in each community,\" the letter says.\nThe activities of each committee, it continues, could include\nreviewing and recommending informational material for students and\nparents, holding seminars with responsible presentations on dangerous\ndrugs, student-parent-teacher discussions, and publicity campaigns\naimed at halting the spread of drug use.\n\"This is one problem that cannot wait until tomorrow; it demands\naction today. The future of an entire generation is at stake, \" the\nletter says.\n# # #\nEJG\nState of California\nOF\nTHE\nGOVERNOR'S OFFICE\nSACRAMENTO 95814\nCALIFORNIA\nRONALD REAGAN\nGOVERNOR\nOctober 14, 1968\nDear PTA President:\nWe're sure that we do not have to tell you of the size\nand scope of the dangerous drug menace in California, or\nof its cancerous spread in our schools and among our\nchildren. The purpose of this letter is not to remind\nyou of a critical medical and social problem, but to\nsolicit your help in combatting it.\nWe urgently recommend that steps be taken by your group\nto establish a \"drug abuse\" \" committee within your organi-\nzation. Letters suggesting formation of such committees\nare being sent to PTA presidents at nearly 2,000 junior\nand senior high schools in the state. It is our hope\nthat the vast majority of PTA units will move ahead on\nthis proposal as soon as possible.\nThe idea of forming these committees was first set forth\nin the Governor's Creative Paper on Law and Order as a\nmeans of enlisting community assistance-- in this case\naction at the neighborhood, or school level--to combat\ndrug abuse. The suggestion has been endorsed by the\nCalifornia Medical Association and the California Peace\nOfficers' Association, and is being implemented with the\nassistance of the California PTA.\nUnder this proposal, local PTAs would organize drug abuse\ncommittees to work in consultation with county medical\nsocieties and law enforcement agencies. These groups have\nagreed to help, and are prepared to offer expert guidance.\nWhile the specific structure of each drug abuse committee\nshould be left to local option, based on neighborhood con-\nsiderations and conditions, it is suggested that these\ngroups include not just concerned parents and teachers,\nbut also students, school administrators, medical people,\npeace officers and community officials.\nThe goal is to discuss the problem on a local basis, to\npresent youngsters with relevant medical facts that will\n-2-\ngive them the knowledge they'll need to turn away from\ndrugs and drug peddlers, and to develop solutions which\nwill work in each community.\nAll county medical societies in California have drug abuse\ncommittees and all local law enforcement agencies have long\nbeen involved in combatting this increasingly serious prob-\nlem. These groups have been notified of this proposal,\nand should be contacted by each PTA.\nActivities of such a committee could include reviewing and\nrecommending informational material for students and par-\nents, holding seminars with responsible presentations on\ndangerous drugs, student-parent-teacher discussions, and\npublicity campaigns aimed at halting the spread of drug\nuse.\nIn forming your committee, we suggest that you include in\nyour group the elements of your neighborhood and school\nthat are essential to the success of this venture, then\ncontact local medical and law enforcement people. The\ndirection your committee will take and the effectiveness\nof its results will be measured by the frankness with\nwhich the group approaches the problem, and the effort\nthat is made.\nIf you need assistance or guidance, please call on the\nCalifornia PTA. Statewide follow-up will be made in\nseveral months to measure the effectiveness of the\nproposal.\nThis is one problem that cannot wait until tomorrow; it\ndemands action today. The future of an entire generation\nis at stake.\nSincerely,\nRanned Reagan\nRONALD REAGAN\nGovernor\nMargaret Berry\nMrs Robley Berry, President\nCalifornia PTA\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n10.15.68\nC-O-R-R-E-C-T-I-O-N\nOn release #619, dated today, the last part of the first sentence\nshould read \"...by parent-teacher groups around the state to help\ncombat the \"cancerous spread\" of drugs \"in our schools and among our\nchildren.\"\n# # #\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n10.16.68\n#620\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of\nJerry W. Fielder of Dixon as chief deputy director of the California\nDepartment of Agriculture. He replaces Richard Lyng, who was promoted\nto director of the department last month.\nFielder is 53, a native Californian and a Republican. His annual\nsalary will be $23,500.\nA career agriculturist, Fielder was graduated from the University\nof California at Davis in 1939 with a Bachelor of Science degree in\nagronomy.\nFollowing graduation, he was assistant manager of the Blythe\nAlfalfa Growers' Association and then served two years as a naval\nofficer on a destroyer during World War II.\nIn 1946 he established the Dixon Dryer Company, an alfalfa pro-\ncessing and dehydrating company with offices and plant in Dixon.\nIn 1960 he organized the Delta Dehydrating Corporation with its\nplant located at Clarksburg, and in 1963 he established the North\nAmerican Dehydrating Corporation with plant location at Rocky Ford,\nColorado. Both companies produce and process dehydrated alfalfa pro-\nducts and sugar beet pulp.\nFielder has served his community on the city council and civic\norganizations. He also served two years as president of the UC Davis\nAlumni Association and as a charter director and president of the\nCal-Aggie Alumni Foundation, a position he currently holds.\nHe has been a member of the Agricultural Advisory Council of the\nUniversity of California, was president of that body for one year, and\nis a past president of the American Dehydrators' Association.\nCurrently, Fielder is completing his sixth year as a member of\nthe U.S. Department of Agriculture Grain and Forage Crops Research\nAdvisory Committee; is the secretary-treasurer of Trans-World Agricul-\ntural Development Corporation, and is president of the California Grain\nand Feed Association.\nHe is a member of the Dixon Rotary Club; Commonwealth Club, San\nFrancisco; Comstock Club, Sacramento; Merchants' Exchange Club, San\nFrancisco; Masonic Lodge, Dixon; Knights Templar, and the Ben Ali Shrine.\nFielder will take up his new duties on November 12 in order to\nallow time to put his affairs in order.\nHe and his wife, Mary Margaret, live in Dixon and have two chil-\ndren---a daughter, Mrs. Russel Durkee of Martinez, and a son,\nJerry M. Fielder, a senior at UCLA.\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n10.16.68\n# 621\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced that Shermer L. Sibley,\npresident of Pacific Gas and Electric Co., has accepted his invitation\nto serve as general chairman of the Annual Governor's Traffic Safety\nConference.\nThe conference will be held in Sacramento December 12 and 13, 1968.\nServing as co-vice chairmen will be State Secretary of Business\nand Transportation Gordon C. Luce and State Treasurer Ivy Baker Priest.\nIn a letter asking Sibley to serve as general chairman, Reagan\nstated that, \"with your leadership this conference can be a forward-\nlooking working session and will encourage the free exchange of ideas\namong progressive, imaginative citizens.\"\nPointing to his deep concern over the waste of human and economic\nresources arising from traffic accidents, Reagan set the theme for\nthis year's conference as \"The Driver--Traffic's Undesigned Factor.'\nThe tentative schedule calls for the conference to be called to\norder at 10 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 12 in the Empire room of the Senator\nHotel, Sacramento.\nThe opening session will feature an address by Governor Reagan\nand introduction of the panel participants.\nThe balance of the opening day and the following morning will\nfeature panel discussions on research, judges and law enforcement, and\ndriver training.\nDuring the closing day luncheon, Friday Dec. 13, recommendations\non traffic safety improvements will be made by the three panels.\nSibley, of 1291 Laurel Lane, Lafayette, is a director of the\nCalifornia Traffic Safety Foundation and a member of the Governor's\nCommittee on Traffic Safety.\nA graduate of the University of California, Sibley is a member of\nthe Advisory Board, University of Santa Clara College of Business; and\nthe Engineering Advisory Council, University of California.\nHe also is a director of the International House Corp., University\nof California; Independent Colleges of Northern California, Inc.;\nStanford Research Institute; and various electric and gas industry\ntrade associations.\nIn 1967 Sibley served as president of the United Bay Area Crusade.\n#\n#\n#\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO.\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n10.18.68\n#622\nGOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE\nOctober 21, 1968\nthrough\nOctober 23, 1968\nMonday, October 21\nNoon\nChannel City Club, Granada Theatre,\nSanta Barbara. Speech.\n1:10 p.m.\nChannel City Women's Forum, Towne House,\n222 West Corrillo Street. Remarks.\n6:30 p.m.\nReception for Assembly Candidate Randolph Siple,\nVilla Sirena, Channel Islands Harbor, Oxnard\nOvernight - Los Angeles\nTuesday, October 22\n10:30 a.m.\nDepart Santa Monica Airport for San Jose Airport\n11:30 a.m.\nArrive San Jose Airport\nNoon\nLuncheon for Assemblyman Earl Crandall, San Jose\nCountry Club\n6:30 p.m.\nReception for Assemblyman Frank Murphy, Tanner\nWilson Residence, Santa Cruz\n7:30 p.m.\nDepart for Watsonville Airport\n8:10 p.m.\nArrive Sacramento Municipal Airport\nOvernight - Sacramento\nWednesday, October 23\n11:30 a.m.\nPicture with Ray Nesbit, executive officer of\nState Wildlife Board and winner of \"Conservationist\nof the Year\" award, and Al Schiavon, executive vice\npresident of California Wildlife Federation,\nGovernor's Office\n6:00 p.m.\nReception for Assembly candidate Fred Corfee,\nSutter Club\n(Schedule for the remainder of the week will be issued on Monday morning)\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nSacramento, Califor\na\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n10.21.68\n# 623\n(THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF OUR EARLIER SCHEDULE FOR THIS WEEK WHICH\nWAS ISSUED FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18).\nGOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE\nOctober 23, 1968\nthrough\nOctober 27, 1968\nWednesday, October 23\n8:30 p.m.\nDepart Sacramento Municipal Airport\n(PDT)\nfor Helena, Montana\n11:00 p.m.\nArrive Helena Airport.\n(MDT)\n(Overnight-Relena)\nThursday, October 24\n10:00 a.m.\nFund-raising breakfast at Helena\n(MDT)\nCivic Center for Richard Nixon,\nGovernor Tom Babcock and Dick Smiley,\ncandidate for Congress.\n10:40 a.m,\nDepart Helena Airport for South Bend,\nIndiana.\n2:30 p.m.\nArrive South Bend (St. Joseph County\n(CDT)\nAirport, Stockert Flying Service) --\nairport rally for Richard Nixon;\nIndiana Secretary of State Ed Whitcomb,\ncandidate for Governor; Will Erwin,\ncandidate for Congress; State Senator\nBill Ruckelshaus, candidate for U.S.\nSenate; Dick Folz, candidate for\nLt. Governor.\n3:00 p.m.\nFund-raising reception, M.R. Falcons\nClubhouse, for Nixon-Whitcomb-\nRuckelshaus-Erwin. Remarks.\n3:50 p.m.\nDepart St. Joseph County Airport for\n(CDT)\nGrand Rapids, Michigan.\n5:15 p.m.\nArrive Kent County Airport, Northern\n(EDT)\nFlight Service, Grand Rapids.\n5:45 p.m.\nPress availability with Congressman\nGerald Ford and Governor George Romney\nat Pantland Hotel (Continental Room),\nGrand Rapids.\n7:00 p.m.\nNixon-Ford fund-raising dinner,\nGrand Rapids Civic Auditorium. Speech.\n(Overnight-Grand Rapids)\nFriday, October 25\n10:30 a.m.\nDepart Kent County Airport, Grand\n(EDT)\nRapids, for Reading, Pennsylvania.\n11:45 a.m.\nArrive Spaatz Field (Reading Air\n(EDT)\nService), Reading, Pennsylvania.\n12:15 p.m.\nFund-raising luncheon, Abraham Lincoln\nHotel, for Richard Nixon; Congressman\nRichard Schweiker, candidate for U.S.\nSenate; and Peter Yonavick, candidate\nfor Congress. Speech.\n#623\n1:30 p.m.\nDepart Spaatz Field, Reading, for\n(EDT)\nBoston, Mass.\n2:30 p.m.\nArrive Boston, Logan International\nAirport, American Airlines hanger,\nwest apron.\n3:10 p.m.\nPress availability with Governor John\nVolpe at Logan International Inn,\nAttache Room.\n7:00 p.m.\nFund-raising reception, Shateau de\nVille (Venetian Room), Saugus, Mass.,\nfor Richard Nixon; Congressman William\nBates; and Bill Abbott, candidate for\nCongress. Remarks.\n8:00 p.m.\nFund-raising dinner, Shateau de Ville,\nfor Nixon-Bates-Abbott. Speech.\n(Overnight-Boston)\nSaturday, October 26\n9:30 a.m.\nDepart Logan Airport, Boston, for\n(EDT)\nBridgeport, Conn.\n10:00 a.m.\nArrive Bridgeport Municipal Airport.\n(EDT)\n10:15 a.m.\nPress availability with Congressional\ncandidate Lowell Weicker at Four Winds\nRestaurant.\n10:45 a.m.\nNixon-Weicker rally, Lexington Plaza,\ndowntown Bridgeport. Speech.\n11:40 a.m.\nHelicopter to Westbury, L.I., New York.\n(EDT)\n12:00 noon\nArrive Roosevelt Raceway, Westbury.\nPress availability (top floor) with\nCongressional candidates Mason Hampton\nand Abe Seldin, and Congressmen James\nGrover and Jack Wydler.\n12:55 p.m.\nFund-raising luncheon, Roosevelt\nRaceway Building. Speech.\n1:20 p.m.\nHelicopter to Republic Aviation Air\n(EDT)\nField, Farmingdale, L.I., New York.\n1:45 p.m.\nDepart Farmingdale for Jacksonville,\n(EDT)\nFlorida.\n3:30 p.m.\nArrive Jacksonville, Imeson Airport\n(EDT)\n(Standard Ramp, Laurie Yonge Flying\nService).\n3:45 p.m.\nSenate Fish Fry and rally for Congress-\nman Ed Gurney, candidate for Senate,\nat Pritchetts Kitchen (outdoor). Speech.\n5:00 p.m.\nDepart Imeson Field, Jacksonville, for\n(EDT)\nNew Orleans.\n5:00 p.m.\nArrive New Orleans International Airport\n(CDT)\n(Moisant Field), General Aviation Corp.\n5:40 p.m.\nRally for David Treen, candidate for\nCongress, Arch Bishop Shaw High School,\nWestwego. Speech.\n7:00 p.m.\nFund-raising reception for Treen,\nMonteleone Hotel.\n-2-\n#623\n9:00 p.m.\nFund-raising dinner for Treen, Plinsoll\nClub, World Trade Center. Speech.\n10:30 p.m.\nDepart New Orleans International\n(CDT)\nAirport for Sacramento.\n12:00 Midnight\nArrive Sacramento Municipal Airport.\n(PDT)\n(Overnight-Sacramento)\nSunday, October 27\nNo public appointments scheduled.\n# # #\nEJG\n-3-\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n10.21.68\n# 624\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today sent the following telegram to\nMrs. Joseph A. Beek of Balboa Island:\n\"I know there is little I can say that will ease the grief you\nare experiencing over the loss of your husband. Joe was held in high\nesteem by his host of friends in the capitol. His wise counsel and\nconscientious performance of an exacting job have won him the admira-\ntion of all who had the privilege to work with him. Certainly\nCalifornia will miss this dedicated public servant. His 55 years of\nactive, continuous participation in the affairs of state warrant our\nhighest commendation.\n\"I have directed that the flag over the capitol be flown at\nhalf staff, in respect to his memory, through Thursday.\n\"You have my deepest sympathy. May God be with you. \"\n#\n#\n#\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO\nRELEASE: mmodiate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n# 625\n445-4571\n10-22-68\nFormation of a statewide Inter-Agency Council On Drug Abuse will\nhighlight a work session on narcotics and dangerous drug control\ncalled by Governor Ronald Reagan for Thursday, October 24 at 10 a.m.\nin the Governor's Council Room at the state capitol.\nState departments active in combatting the drug problem will\nconvene at the morning session to report and exchange information on\nactivities being conducted by government, The California Medical\nAssociation will coordinate organization of the inter-agency council,\nwhich will include representatives of state agencies, at the afternoon\nmeeting.\nIn announcing the work session, Governor Reagan said: \"Responsible\ncitizens are extremely concerned over the growing drug menace,\nparticularly among our youth. I believe that this inter-agency group\ncan be an effective vehicle in the drive to head off the wholesale\npoisoning of young people. This is one problem which just cannot wait.\nIt demands immediate action. The future of an entire generation is\nat stake.\"\nDr. Malcolm Todd, of Long Beach, president of the California\nMedical Association, announced that the council will move as quickly\nas possible to provide guidance for action programs at the local level.\nOne of the first tasks of the group will be to inventory instructional\nmaterials being used in the fight against dangerous drugs, Dr. Todd\nadded.\nAmong organizations and groups that have been invited to send\nrepresentatives to the work session are the California Peace Officers\nAssociation, California PTA, California Narcotic Officers Association,\nCounty Supervisors Association, League of California Cities, California\nAssociation of School Administrators, California Federation of\nBusiness and Professional Womens Clubs, the State Bar Association and\nthe California Council of Churches.\n(The press is invited to attend a noon luncheon Thursday at the\nHotel Senator to be held in connection with the work session).\n######\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE:\nimmediate\nSacramento, Californ\nContact:\nPaul Be\n#626\n445-4571\n10-22-68\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today proclaimed October 27 as\nNavy Day in California.\nText of the proclamation follows:\n\"WHEREAS\nCalifornia leads the nation in providing men on\nactive duty with the U. S. Navy, with 68,000 officers\nand men on active duty in all parts of the world; and\n\"WHEREAS\nThere are more than 79,000 men on active duty in the\nU. S. Navy in the state of California, with 39,000 Nav-\nal Reservists in California and more than 80,000\ncivilian employees; and\n\"WHEREAS\nCalifornia leads the nation in retired Navy personnel\nwith 59,000 of them living in the Golden State; and\n\"WHEREAS\nThe carriers, destroyers and other ships of the Navy\nsail in and out through California's many seaports\nas armed troops pass through on their way to fighting\nin Vietnam, and the survivors, wounded and the dead\nfirst touch California on their way back, with\nCalifornia leading in casualties suffered in Vietnam;\nand\n\"WHEREAS\nCalifornians are pledged not to forget the members\nof the Pueblo crew of the U. S. Navy, who are being\nheld by the enemy on the far side of the Pacific\nOcean, in gross disregard for international law and\ncommon human decency; and\n\"WHEREAS\nIt is of vital interest to all citizens of the United\nStates of America that we possess a sound national\ndefense; and\n\"WHEREAS\nIt is well known that our strong Navy is making\ngreat contributions to the security of our nation\nand free men everywhere,\n\"NOW THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA, do\nhereby proclaim Sunday, October 27, 1968 as NAVY DAY in\nCalifornia, urging all Californians to take part in appropriate\nobservance of this day to demonstrate to the men of the U. S. is\nNavy the gratitude, respect and pride in which we hold them.\n######\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nSacramento, Califorr\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n10-23-68\nC-O-R-R-E-C-T-I-O-N\nGovernor Reagan's scheduled departure from Sacramento\nMunicipal Airport this evening has been changed from\n8:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.\n#####\nSacramento, Californ\nIT\nContact:\nPaul Be\n445-4571\n10.23.68\n#627\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today congratulated Ray J. Nesbit, State\nWildlife Conservation Board executive secretary, who has been named\n\"Conservationist of the Year\" by the California Wildlife Federation\nand the Wears Roebuck Foundation.\nAward of the honor places Nesbit's name in contention for the\nmuch coveted President's Trophy to be awarded by the National Wildlife\nFederation, the governor said during an informal ceremony in his\nCapitol office. The governor was unable to attend the California\nWildlife Federation's recent Achievement Recognition Dinner and\nthe\npersonally award/\"Governor's Trophy for 1968.\"\n\"This is a well-deserved award, presented to an outstanding\nconservation leader, by the two organizations which have such\nexcellent programs for fish and wildlife conservation as well as for\noutdoor recreation,\" the governor said.\nNesbit, who has been in state service for 22 years, has served\nas executive officer of the Wildlife Conservation Board since 1958,\nand has been instrumental in starting a number of programs beneficial\nto both California sportsmen and fish and wildlife resources. He was\nan employee of the Division of Water Resources for eight years before\njoining the Wildlife Conservation Board 14 years ago.\n\"In its 21 years, the board has constructed 243 projects to\nimprove fish habitat, provide fishing access, and develop wildlife\nhabitat and public hunting,\" Governor Reagan said. \"The majority of\nthese projects are built and then turned over to cities, counties and\nlocal districts for operation and maintenance, thus assuring local\nresponsibility and control. Last year, eight and one-half million\nuser days of outdoor recreation were counted at Wildlife Conservation\nBoard projects.\"\nThe governor also pointed out that the Wildlife Conservation\nBoard has carried out its program under Nesbit's direction for the\npast 10 years with the lowest overhead cost--five percent--of any\ncapital program in state government.\nDuring Nesbit's tenure as executive officer, the Wildlife\nConservation Board's programs have included: stream clearance on the\nNorth Coast, rehabilitation of the silver salmon runs; establishment\nof ocean fishing piers, which now serve some four and one-half million\n-1-\npeople annually; implementation of a program of artificial reefs\naround !ishing piers; and the purchase of about 34,000 acres of land\ndedicated to wildlife and public access purposes.\nIn addition to his regular duties, Nesbit served as chairman of\na task force to develop a fish, wildlife and recreational development\nprogram for the State Water Project shortly after Governor Reagan\ntook office. The Wildlife Conservation Board subsequently was\nassigned the responsibility for developing fishing access along the\n444-mile California Aqueduct. Earlier, Nesbit represented the state\non the Colorado River Land Use Planning Commission which developed\nthe present program of public use of the Colorado River and its banks\nand which eliminated squatter problems then existing.\nNesbit is a graduate of Kent State University, Ohio, and has\ndone graduate work at the University of Michigan, School of Forestry\nand Conservation. He served in the Navy amphibian forces for four\nyears during World War II. He is married and has two children.\n#\n#\n#\n-2-\nEJG\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul F\nk\n1628\n445-4571\n10-24-08\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today expressed his deep appreciation to\nBay Area law enforcement officials for the swift and decisive action\nthey have taken during the past 48 hours to back up the University of\nCalifornia administration and campus police in efforts to restore\norder on the Berkeley campus.\nHe said that peace officers from over two dozen police and\nsheriffs' departments in six counties have assisted in the arrest of\nsome 200 law violators who invaded various university buildings,\ndisrupted normal educational activities, destroyed property, and even\ncaused injuries to persons.\n\"I am gratified, \" he said, \"that campus administrators have\nfinally responded in this manner. I have often urged, as have the\npeople of our state, that university officials deal firmly and\nresolutely with those offenders who resort to violence and coercion\nin seeking to achieve their own selfish ends.\n\"As a member of the University of California Board of Regents,\nand as a concerned parent and citizen, I am even more convinced than\never that appeasement and capitulation to persons intent on breaking\nthe rules on our campuses only strengthen the prospects for greater\nconfrontation.\n\"It is clear to all that the only way public institutions of\nhigher education can survive in our democratic society is to assure\nthat the interests of the vast majority of students and faculty are\nsafeguarded from the destructive and unlawful acts of a violent few.\n\"Indeed, there is abundant evidence that the people of California--\nwho have established and maintain our university and state college\nsystems are insisting that these institutions meet their responsibili-\nties and demonstrate their dedication to the high purposes of scholar-\nship and excellence in teaching, free from disruption and violence.\n\"The continuing attempts of a cynical, self-appointed and unrep-\nresentative minority on our campuses to wrest from the majority,\nthrough coercion, the right to determine its own affairs are intolerable\nand must be met with appropriate action.\n\"Lieutenant Governor Robert Finch and I wish to compliment the\nBerkeley administration for its response to organized attacks on\ncampus operations and facilities by a violent few.\nIf I call on university officials to remind members of those small\nfactions who participate in campus violence that they will lose their\n11\nmembership in the university community.\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: SUNDAY, A.M.'S\nSacramento, Califor\nOc ber 27, 1968\nContact:\nPaul BECK\n445-4571\n10.25.68\n#629\nGovernor Ronald Reagan announced today that fornia will host\nthe fall-1968 Republican Governors' Conference to be held in Palm\nSprings, Dec. 4-7.\nThe conference will bring together governors from across the\nnation, some of whom will probably be attending their first such\nmeeting.\n\"I am delighted that California has been selected as the host\nstate for this first post-election gathering of the Republican\ngovernors,' Governor Reagan said.\n\"The timing is excellent, because he said, \"it gives us a great\nopportunity to plan and discuss federal-state relations knowing that\nthere will be a new administration in Washington D.C.\nMost of the participants in the conference are expected to arrive\nin Palm Springs Dec. 4. The following day, they will attend a\nGovernors' Breakfast and a series of private meetings.\nThe day of Dec. 5 will be highlighted by a western trail ride and\noutdoor barbecue for the governors and their wives. Members of the\npress and governors' staffs will attend a Mexican-style \"fiesta\"\nnearby. After the barbecue, the governors and their wives will join\nthe other guests for an evening of entertainment in the \"fiesta\ntradition.'\nMrs. Reagan will be the hostess at a brunch on Dec. 5 for ladies\nattending the conference. The brunch will be held at the home of\nMr. and Mrs. George Hearst, Sr.\ngovernors'\nOn Dec. 6,/wives, staff wives and ladies of the press will attend\na California cheese and wine party at Rancho Xochimilco, a beautiful\nMexican-style ranch owned by Mrs. Howard Ahmanson and located in\nPalm Desert. Top California designers will display the latest in\nresort fashions.\nA formal state dinner will be given on the evening of Dec. 6 in\nthe Riviera Hotel ballroom. Bob Hope and Les Brown will provide musica,\nentertainment. Vietnam war veterans from nearby hospitals will be\ninvited to the dinner as special guests.\nThe second and final day of work sessions by the governors will\nbe held on Saturday, Dec. 7. The remainder of the weekend will be\ndevoted to rest and relaxation.\nGovernors and their wives will stay at the Canyon Hotel. Governors\nstaffs and members of the press will stay at the Spa Hotel where con-\nference work sessions will be held.\n(FOR FURTHER DETAILS, CONTACT FRED VAN NATTA: 714-327-1181)\n#\n#\n#\nEJG\nSacramento, Californi\nContact:\nPaul Be\n445-4571\n10-25-68\n#630\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named superior court judges\nJohn F. Aiso of Los Angeles and Bertram D. Janes of Quincy as associate\njustices on the State Court of Appeal.\nThe posts pay $36,687 annually. The appointments are subject to\nconfirmation by the State Commission on Judicial Appointments.\nJudge Also, 59, will serve in the 2nd Appellate District, Division\nFive. He replaces Justice Shirley M. Hufstedler of Pasadena who was\nappointed to the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. Judge Janes, 53,\nwill fill a post created by the 1968 legislature in the 3rd Appellate\nDistrict.\nAiso, a native of Burbank, is a 1934 graduate of Harvard Law\nSchool. He was graduated from Hollywood High School in Los Angeles\nin 1926 and attended Seijo University in Tokyo, Japan, from 1926-27.\nHe graduated from Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, in 1931\nprior to taking his law studies. Also also attended Chuo University\nin Tokyo where he took additional law courses from 1936-37.\nHe was named to the Los Angeles superior court bench in 1957 and\nserved as a municipal court judge from 1953-57. Aiso was commissioner\nof the Los Angeles County superior court from 1952-53.\nHe was admitted to the New York State Bar in 1935 and to the\nState Bar of California in 1941. He was engaged in private law\npractice prior to 1952.\nHe has served as a member of the Los Angeles County Law Library\nBoard of Trustees since 1965. He received the National Award for Dis-\ntinguished Community Leadership from the Japanese-American Citizens'\nLeague in 1954 and was cited for \"Achievement in the Field of Law\" by\nthe Los Angeles Urban League in 1947. Aiso is a member of the American\nLegion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Nisei Veterans Association and\nJapanese-American Citizens League.\nHe and his wife Sumi have two children. They reside at 2200 Vista\ndel Mar Street, Los Angeles.\nJudge Janes is a native of San Francisco, but has resided in\nPlumas County since 1916. He is a 1939 graduate of the University of\nCalifornia at Berkeley. He took his law degree from the school's\nBoalt Hall in 1942.\n- 1 -\n#030\nHe was admitted to the State Bar in 1946 following service with\nthe U.S. Army and Air Force during World War II. He practiced law in\nSan Francisco for one year and then moved his office to Portola in 1947.\nHe served as Portola city attorney from 1947-50 and was elected as\nPlumas County District attorney in 1950.\nJanes was appointed to the superior court bench in Plumas County\nin 1953 where he has served since then.\nHe has presided as 8 juvenile court judge in more than 20 counties\nof the state, and because of his work with young people he was named\na delegate to the White House Conference on Children and Youth by\nPresident Eisenhower in 1960.\nHe has served on a number of committees of the Conference of\nCalifornia Judges and as a lecturer on trial and pre-trial procedures\nfor the University of California-State Bar Program of Continuing\nEducation of the Bar.\nOver the past 24 years, Janes has been a scoutmaster, training\ndirector and Feather River District Chairman of the Boy Scouts of\nAmerica. He 1S presently a member of the executive board of the\nMt. Lassen Area Council of the Boy Scouts.\nHe and his wife, Norma, live in rural Quincy. They have five\nchildren.\n####\nEJG\n- 2 -\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO\nMEMO TO THE\nESS\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n10.25.68\n#631\nGOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE\nOctober 28, 1968\nthrough\nNovember 3, 1968\nMonday, October 28\n11:45 a.m.\nLuncheon for Congressional candidate Jim\nShumway at W. H. Payne Residence, 220 Bartlett\nStreet, Woodland. Speech.\nOvernight - Sacramento\nTuesday, October 29\n7:15 p.m.\nAlameda County Republican Fund Raising\nReception and Dinner, Goodman Hall, Jack\nLondon Square, Oakland\nOvernight - Sacramento\nWednesday, October 30\n10:20 a.m.\nDepart Sacramento Municipal Airport for\nModesto Airport.\n11:00 a.m.\nArrive Modesto, airport rally for Senate\ncandidate Walter Regan\n11:30 a.m.\nDepart Modesto Airport for Merced\n11:45 a.m.\nArrive Merced Airport\nNoon\nLuncheon, Pavilion Room, Merced County\nFairgrounds, for Assemblyman Frank Murphy\n2:00 p.m.\nDepart Merced Airport for Visalia\n2:30 p.m.\nArrive Visalia Airport\n6:30 p.m.\nTurkey barbecue for Senator Howard Way,\nTulare Memorial Building. Speech.\np.m.\nReturn to Sacramento\nOvernight - Sacramento\nThursday, October 31\nOffice appointments\nOvernight - Sacramento\nFriday, November 1\nNoon\nDepart Sacramento for Los Angeles\n5:45 p.m.\nSouthern California Nixon-Agnew fund-raising\nreception at California Museum of Science\nand Industry\n6:30 p.m.\nNixon-Agnew dinner and rally at Los Angeles\nSports Arena\nOvernight - Los Angeles\nSaturday, November 2\nand\nSunday, November 3\nNo public appointments scheduled\nOvernight - Los Angeles\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nMEMO TO THE\nESS\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n10.28.68\nPlease add the following to the Governor's\nSchedule today:\n7:30 p.m.\nReception for Nick Verreos,\ncandidate for Assembly, at\nresidence of Peter Hitchcock,\n2880 Broadway, San Francisco\nThank you.\n# # #\nRELEASE:\nImmediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul B\n445-4571\n10.28.68\n# 632\nLawrence L. Fargher, 36, Santa Clara city councilman, has been\nappointed to the Governor's Advisory Committee for Employment of the\nHandicapped, Governor Ronald Reagan announced today\nFargher is head of systems engineering for United Technology\nCenter in Sunnyvale. He has been a member of the Santa Clara City\nCouncil since 1962, serving as mayor in 1964-65. He is a director\nof the Santa Clara County Sanitation District and the Santa Clara\nCounty Heart Assn,\nHe also has been active in youth and delinquency prevention\nactivities in the county.\nFargher lives at 1755 Shamrock Ave., Santa Clara.\n#\n#\n#\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVER\nR\nRELEASE:\nIn\ndiate\nSacramento, C. lifornia\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n1633\n445-4571\n10-28-68\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today proclaimed November as\nMuscular Dystrophy month.\nText of the proclamation follows:\n\"WHEREAS Public support is vital in the relentless battle\nagainst the crippling disease of muscular dystrophy;\nand\n\"WHEREAS In California, hundreds of children suffer with\nincurable muscular dystrophy, a progressively\ncrippling disease which causes E. limited life\nexpectancy for its victims; and\n\"WHEREAS Direct patient aid to victims of this dreaded\ndisease is given without cost by Muscular Dystrophy\nAssociations of America volunteer chapters through-\nout California and the nation to fight muscular\ndystrophy and other disorders in the neuromuscular\nunit; and\n\"WHEREAS Extensive research work is bringing hope to\nmillions suffering from muscular dystrophy and\nother related neuromuscular diseases;\nNOW THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA,\ndo hereby proclaim the month of November, 1968, as MUSCULAR\nDYSTROPHY MONTH in California, and I urge all of the citizens\nof this state to support the important work of the Muscular\n11\nDystrophy Associations of America, Inc.\n#####\nPB:feb\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n10.30.68\n#634\nGovernor Ronald Reagan announced today he has named Oxnard\nattorney Roy A. Gustafson to the Ventura County superior court bench.\nThe post, newly created, pays $30,572 per year.\nGustafson, a 50-year old Republican, is a partner in the Oxnard\nlaw firm of Gustafson and Cohen.\nHe is a 1942 graduate of the University of Minnesota law school.\nHe served for 10 years as district attorney of Ventura County.\nHe was elected to the post in 1950 and was reelected in 1954 and 1958.\nHe resigned eight years ago to found his own law firm.\nGustafson served as a vice president of the State Bar of\nCalifornia from 1953-54 and was on its board of governors from 1951-\n54. He was named a member of the California Law Revision Commission\nin 1957 and was elected its chairman in 1960.\nIn 1959, he was elected president of the California District\nAttorneys' Association, but resigned as Ventura district attorney\nbefore taking office.\nHe was secretary-treasurer of the Ventura County Bar Association\nfrom 1948-50.\nGustafson served as a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy\nduring World War II.\nHe is married and lives at 770 Doris Avenue, Oxnard.\n# # # # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n10.30.68\n# 635\nGovernor Ronald Reagan announced today he has named Mrs. Toshiko\nYamamoto of Los Angeles to the State Board of Barber Examiners.\nThe job pays $25 for each day spent on board business.\nMrs. Yamamoto, a Republican, operates the Toshi Barber Shop in\nLos Angeles. She is the first woman ever to serve on the board since\nits creation in 1927.\nShe is a 1952 graduate of the American Barber College. Her\nhusband, George, is also a barber.\nMrs. Yamamoto is a member of the Business and Professional\nWomens' Club, the Japanese-American Womens' Golf Club and the\nJapanese Barber Association.\nShe resides at 253 South Gerhart Avenue, Los Angeles.\n#\n#\n#\n#\n#\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n10.30.68\n#636\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named Buena Park Fire Chief James W.\nVerbeck as a member of the State Fire Advisory Board.\nThe post pays necessary expenses and requires Senate confirmation.\nVerbeck, a 54-year old Democrat, will serve at the pleasure of the\ngovernor. He replaces Ray Shukraft of San Diego who resigned.\nHe became a fireman in 1937 and worked himself up through the\nranks of the Compton Fire Department to battalion chief. In 1960 he\nwent to work for the Buena Park Fire Department.\nHe is a past president of the Orange County Fire Chief's\nAssociation and the Harbor District Firemen's Association. He also\nhas served as chairman of the Compensation Law Committee of the\nCalifornia State Firemen's Association since 1960.\nHe lives at 6002 Scott Way, Buena Park.\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO.\nRELEASE: In ediate\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n10.30.68\n#637\nGovernor Ronald Reagan has named Burlingame businessman George\nNoel Keyston, Jr. to a four-year term on the I-A District Agricultural\nAssociation's board of directors.\nThe association operates the Grand National Livestock Exposition,\nHorse Show and Rodeo at the Cow Palace in San Francisco.\nThe post pays necessary expenses.\nKeyston, a 40-year old Republican, succeeds the late Edgar D.\nO'Brien of Woodside.\nKeyston, a graduate of San Jose State College, operates a\nBurlingame leather goods and upholstery manufacturing firm.\nHe is a director of the San Mateo County Development Association\nand the Burlingame Chamber of Commerce.\nHe lives at 441 Edgewood Road, San Mateo.\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO.\nRELEASE: Imn. diate\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n10.30.68\n#638\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today commended a Southern California\nsportsmen's group and the Los Angeles City Department of Recreation\nand Parks for staging free ocean fishing trips for some 1,750\nunderprivileged Los Angeles youngsters.\nThe governor sent congratulatory letters to Robert Jurgens,\npresident of the Southern Council of Conservation Clubs, which\nincludes 65 individual sportsmen's groups in the Los Angeles region,\nand William Frederickson, Jr., general manager of the Los Angeles\nRecreation and Parks Department.\nThe recently-completed joint program was termed \"an outstanding\ncommitment to citizen action in the field of youth activities\" by the\ngovernor.\nHe noted that few of the youngsters had fished before, and most\nof them had never been to sea.\nIndividual sportsmen took part in the project and provided 62\nman-days of supervised recreation. Much of the fishing gear was\ndonated by individuals, outdoor clubs and sporting goods firms, and\nmany of the volunteer sportsmen took time off from their jobs to\nparticipate in the fishing trips.\nGovernor Reagan said the program was conducted \"in the true spirit\nof creative citizenship--a spirit that moves people of good will to\ndevote time and energy to providing constructive experiences for the\nunderprivileged.\"\nPlans are being made to expand the program next year to include\nyouths from all of the city's recreation centers.\n# # #\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n10.30.68\n#639\ntelegram\nThe following/was sent today to representatives of the ASUC\npresident's council who invited Governor Reagan to discuss on television\nthe \"role of the Regents in the administration of the University of\nCalifornia:\"\n\"Governor Reagan has asked me to thank you for your telegram.\nAs I am sure you know, it has been the governor's practice and\ncontinues to be his practice to meet with student representatives,\ncampus editors and others. Governor Reagan is looking forward to\nmeeting with you again to discuss in a calm and reasoned manner the\nvital issues facing the University. For that reason, the governor\ndoes not believe a televised discussion at this time would really\nand significantly provide the answers to problems all of us are\nseeking to resolve.\n\"Sincerely, Paul Beck, Press Secretary to Governor Reagan\"\n# # #\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE:\nImn\niate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n10-31-68\n#640\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today urged California voters of all\npolitical persuasions to go to the polls next Tuesday and give the\nRepublican Party a sweep in this year's election. \"I know that\nmillions of patriotic citizens, Democrats and Independents, are con-\ncerned and desirous of a change. That's why I am confident that\nCalifornia will be in the Republican column this year.\n\"This is the year to continue the movement toward responsible\ngovernment that was started two years ago. We need Dick Nixon in the\nWhite House and we need a Republican majority in the Congress to give\nhim the support he needs to put this great nation back on course.\nCalifornians can contribute to this victory by electing Max Rafferty\nto the U. S. Senate and our other fine Republicans to the House of\nRepresentatives.\n\"At the same time, the voters of this state have the opportunity\nto help this Administration's efforts toward returning government to\nthe people by electing enough Republicans to the Assembly and Senate\nso that legislation aimed at correcting the ills of our society are\nno longer bottled up in committee by partisan opposition.\n\"This year, we can restore our nation by electing Republicans to\nthe White House, the Congress and the Statehouse. I am confident the\nvoters of California recognize that this is a time of destiny and will\ngive us the opportunity to prove that government is by the people as\nwell as of and for the people. If\n#####\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVEF\nSacramento, California\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n10.31.68\nGovernor Reagan will sign an agreement transferring the Port of\nSan Francisco to that city during a ceremony in the Governor's Office\ntoday at 2:30 p.m. The agreement is consistent with terms of the\nso-called S.F. Port bill (AB-190) which was signed by Governor Reagan\nAugust 14, but is contingent upon passage of Prop. B & C in\nSan Francisco.\nRepresenting the City of San Francisco at the ceremony will be\nThomas Mellon, chief administrative officer; Thomas O'Connor, city\nattorney; and Nathan Cooper, city controller.\nState Finance Director Caspar Weinberger will also\nattend the ceremony. He will explain details of the action to members\nof the press.\nAt 2:15 p.m. today the governor will greet Wendell Smith,\npresident of the United States Jaycees and other Jaycee officials\nas part of that organization's campaign to stimulate membership\nnationally. The press is also invited to attend this brief meeting,\nwhich will be held in the Governor's Office.\n#\n#\n#\nEJG"
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